The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court injunction that had blocked the Donald Trump administration’s controversial third-country deportation policy, allowing authorities to resume removals of migrants to nations where they have no prior ties.
The unsigned majority ruling came without explanation, but drew a sharp 19-page dissent from the Court’s liberal justices. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, condemned the decision as “rewarding lawlessness,” warning that deportees could face violence and torture.
The case arose after U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, a Biden appointee, blocked the deportation of a group of convicted criminals to war-torn South Sudan without due process. The migrants were stranded at a U.S. base in Djibouti after their flight was halted under Murphy’s order.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued the injunction endangered national security and hindered efforts to deport dangerous criminals. The case will now proceed in the appeals court and may return to the justices on their full docket.
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